The start to Term 3 has been very positive and it is terrific to be back after a term helping the Department by filling in as Principal at another High School. I would like to acknowledge the work of Frances Snow who was acting Principal for Term 2, in my stead, and Ann Anderson who was acting Assistant Principal. We are very fortunate that the school has so many wonderful and experienced leaders who are passionate and committed to the Rosehill community.

SUBJECT SELECTION 2026

Term 3 is a significant time for planning, and this is when we commence the process of looking toward 2026. Of most importance in the coming weeks is our subject selection process. Mr Connors and the course selection team have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to prepare. Please take note of important subject selection dates and times that will be communicated via Compass soon.

JAPANESE SISTER SCHOOL

On Wednesday 30^th July we welcomed our very special guests from our Japanese sister school, Kogakkan High. A welcome assembly was held on Thursday morning, 31^st July. This was attended by our guests and all our Year 7 students.

Thank you to all the families who are hosting and supporting such a wonderful program. It would not be possible without the support of the school community. Kogakkan High School is a Shinto School and part of the Shinto University in Ise, Japan. Shinto is a very traditional religion in Japan and is seen as a very prestigious and important part of Japanese culture. It is a great opportunity for our students to be exposed to a different culture and experience new and different ways of thinking and working.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Year 10 students are back after a month away from school due to the term break and two weeks of Work Experience. Mr Raiti, Ms Vossos and Ms Susnjara did a terrific job in completing paperwork, helping source placements, and coordinating the program for almost 200 students. The experience is invaluable and provides a taste of the workforce and possibilities for future pathways. We believe this is terrific preparation for such discussions, especially in the lead up to course counselling and subject selection sessions for VCE over the next few weeks.

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Our musical performance The Pink Room is almost upon us. This runs over two nights on Wednesday 6^th August and Thursday 7^th August in our college Auditorium. Well done to the Performing Arts team for once again putting together a large-scale show for our wonderful community as well as fundraising for cancer research.

Tickets are available from TryBooking https://www.trybooking.com/DCRFK

NAPLAN

Individual results were mailed home two weeks ago. Please take the time to read the documentation provided and remember this is a snapshot in time. We use NAPLAN data, and many others forms of data to triangulate student results. This provides a holistic picture of progress over time.

The NAPLAN proficiency standards include 4 proficiency levels for each assessment area at each year level:

• Exceeding: the student's result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.
• Strong: the student's result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.
• Developing: the student's result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
• Needs additional support: the student's result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.

I am very pleased to report that at both the Year 9 and 7 levels the NAPLAN collective scores are very strong. At Year 7, it indicates that our feeder primary schools are doing a terrific job in preparing students for high school and, at Year 9 we are adding significant value to student learning. Data for Reading, Numeracy and Writing is significantly well above the State, Similar Schools and Network level for all measures. A truly amazing result and a testament to the quality of teaching and learning at Rosehill Secondary College.

STAFFING UPDATE

Finally, I would like to warmly welcome several new staff who have commenced this term:

• Liam Van Ingen - English
• Jayda Weightman - English
• Rebecca Patrick – Physical Education
• Matthew Chiodo – Physical Education

Returning staff members:

• Paul Rossitto - Materials Technology
• Virginia Singleton - Visual Arts

Arthur Soumalias

PRINCIPAL

School Policies have been updated in line with Department of Education and Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority requirements. Parents may review these on the school websitehttps://www.rosehillsc.vic.edu.au/under Our School > Policies > Minimum Standards Compliance – June 2022.

Australia is one of the most successful multicultural societies in the world - 32% of our population was born overseas and half have least one parent born overseas. We come from every culture, every race, every faith, every nation, and First Nations peoples in Australia, who have the oldest continuing culture on earth, have cared for this country for more than 65,000 years.

Multicultural days are important events in schools and communities that provide an opportunity to celebrate diversity, promote understanding, build inclusive environments, and an opportunity to highlight the rich cultural backgrounds that make up our awesome Rosehill community.

This is a day to celebrate our multicultural heritage and recognise that we are ‘one but many’ under the Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. Therefore, flags from individual countries should not be brought to school.

At Rosehill we want to celebrate our community’s rich cultural diversity and focus on the importance of celebrating unity and peace, and make a commitment to combatting racism wherever and whenever it arises.

There is absolutely no place for hate or any form of racism in our multicultural Rosehill community.

On Monday 7th July the Year 12 Japanese class attended an exam preparation workshop at Mentone Secondary College. There were students from four different schools at the workshop and it was hosted by VCE Japanese teachers.

The day started with getting-to-know-you games and each student gave a short presentation in Japanese about their oral exam discussion topic.

Then we had a morning tea of Japanese snacks including Pocky and matcha biscuits. After morning tea, we split into three groups to attend the first session of the workshop.

There were 3 different sessions over the course of the day: we revised listening by doing timed practice questions from a past exam, we revised speaking by doing conversation practice with other students and having a debate in Japanese which was very entertaining, and we revised grammar with a presentation on common grammar mistakes.

After the first two sessions we had lunch, which was Japanese bento boxes. At the end of the day all the students split into small groups to share study strategies, and each group shared what they had discussed.

A special thank you to the Japanese teachers for organising the workshop.

Iris Parry

YEAR 12 STUDENT